Reinhard Keiser is regarded as one of the most important German baroque era opera composers; Pomona forms the ideal introduction to the world of German-language...continue...
Recording information: Siemensvilla, Berlin (09/06/2010-09/11/2010)....continue...

Six spectacular re-releases now available for a budget-friendly price, with works ranging from Haydn to Rachmaninov, performed by Lorin Maazel, Herbert Blomstedt and more....continue...
Recording information: London....continue...

In addition to many non-operatic compositions, he composed in all about a dozen operas, and didn't lack for success in his lifetime, but today it...continue...
Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milano (06/04/1959)....continue...

A Cambridge Mass was written between 1897 and 1899 as part of Vaughan Williams’s efforts toward the degree of Doctor of Music from Cambridge University....continue...
Recording information: Fairfield Halls, Croydon (03/03/2011)....continue...

The final installment in Ton Koopman's complete survey of Buxtehude's works, and the last volume of the vocal series, includes music in a wide range...continue...
Recording information: Waalse kerk Amsterdam (2012-12-??_2012-11-??&2012-)....continue...

Arthur Honegger's seven-part La Danse des Morts, the music of which he composed to words by the French dramatist and poet Paul Claudel who he'd...continue...
Recording information: 1981/1991....continue...

When one thinks of Richard Wagner, it is easy to imagine the passion, the soaring melodies and the sheer power of the music written by...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium San Domenico, Foligno, Italy (07/15/2013-07/17/2013)....continue...

This new performance of one of the most emblematic music works ever composed is the debut recording of Insula Orchestra, a new formation (on period...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle Royale de Versailles. France (02/2014)....continue...

A virtuoso pianist of exceptional stature, Beethoven took Vienna by storm upon his arrival in the Austrian capital, eliciting such comments as 'He isn't a...continue...
Recording information: Tonhalle Zürich, Switzerland (2004-2005)....continue...

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 is quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written, without doubt the most varied and inspired before...continue...
Recording information: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (03/31/2014-04/03/2014)....continue...

Maria Callas's complete discography (for the first time joining her EMI Classics and Warner Classics recordings) has been remastered and re-released across a broad product...continue...
Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (07/06/1964-07/20/1964)....continue...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy must have held his symphony-cantata Lobgesang in particularly high regard. It was printed as his second symphony, following the publication of his...continue...
Recording information: Stadthaus Winterthur (2014)....continue...

Designed to serve as the perfect introduction to the music of a turbulent century, DG/Decca's '20C' series covers a wide range of key works by...continue...
Recording information: Ravina Music Festival, Chicago (1984)....continue...

Designed to serve as the perfect introduction to the music of a turbulent century, DG/Decca's '20C' series covers a wide range of key works by...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Groáer Saal, Berlin....continue...

Philip Glass's opera Spuren der Verirrten (The Lost) was first performed in April 2013 at the opening of the new Musiktheater am Volksgarten Linz. The...continue...
Recording information: Musiktheater, Landestheater Linz (04/12/2013)....continue...

Judith Weir's opera, commissioned by Glasgow District Council for the 1990 City of Culture celebrations, takes three Scottish folktales, all concerned with disappearance: The Inheritance...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Concert Hall, London, England (01/19/2008)....continue...

Part of the great French musical tradition and a member of Les Six, Darius Milhaud was an important avant-garde figure in early 20th century Paris....continue...
Recording information: Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (04/07/2013)....continue...

The three works on this recording mark staging posts in Herbert Howells's compositional life. Sine nomine was commissioned at Elgar's instigation when Howells was 30...continue...
Recording information: The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK (11/30/2013-12/01/2013)....continue...

Apart from his ingenious music for Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for plays is still overshadowed by his symphonies and...continue...
Recording information: Liederhalle Stuttgart....continue...